Likewise to hurry_sundown, I haven't been able to go back and watch any of it again - kind of like being a time traveller watching the barrelling train wreck you know is coming and you can't do anything about.
It also says a lot about the individual viewers, just how the episodes or season as a whole is interpreted. To paraphrase: "no plot survives first contact with the audience."
And in my own shallow, utterly Spike-centric view of the universe, all I can think of is if Angel and Spike both survive NFA, Buffy isn't going to recognize what Angel's become at all - but Spike has remained true to himself. Almost enough to make me want to try some post-NFA fic. Almost.
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Date: 2004-09-22 02:30 am (UTC)It also says a lot about the individual viewers, just how the episodes or season as a whole is interpreted. To paraphrase: "no plot survives first contact with the audience."
And in my own shallow, utterly Spike-centric view of the universe, all I can think of is if Angel and Spike both survive NFA, Buffy isn't going to recognize what Angel's become at all - but Spike has remained true to himself. Almost enough to make me want to try some post-NFA fic. Almost.